And in an Everythingtarian blink of an eye, work ended and this happened…

And ya know what?

It tasted SO good.

As it turns out, I just really like food. I like being able to chew my food. I like reuben sandwiches in fried egg roll form. Grilled veggies on toasted bread and slathered with goat cheese is really really tasty. Beer is even better. Together, it was all rather foodgasmic.

I’m glad I attempted the juice detox.

It’s good to try new things.

But I have no shame giving up and no desire to ever do it again unless it is the only way Jake Gyllenhaal says he will marry me. Then, I’m willing to perhaps give it a second chance.

As for my plan the rest of this two-and-a-half-day juice detox?

I’m still drinking the juice, as I’ve come to discover that apple, kale and parsley actually make for quite a refreshing beverage.

first off i love that your auntie comments on your blog. second, props for not feeling bad for quitting. i know you wouldn’t, because you are you and you are amazing, but really.. it is not the end of the world if you don’t want to go 3 days without food. actually, that sounds like pure hell. i am all for detoxing ans whatnot, but not if it is miserable! eating (or not eating) should never be miserable!

There is no shame in that! I wouldn’t have made it 5 hours. I like to eat my calories. at. all times. (well except in bars…) But anyways, that food looks delicious so I can only imagine how great it tasted after not eating anything all day!

There is true health and beauty in doing what works for you with food and with life. I love that you always preach this. Amen. I don’t really like liquid foods either (I’m really hoping I can keep my teeth through old age so I don’t end up on the jello/mashed potatoes diet!). Juices and smoothies don’t do it for me either.

Coffee and water are the only bevvies I truly need. Gold and silver if you well. And wine for the bronze.

beer is a liquid. so is vodka. i thought that was the direction this post was going. good for you for trying! i couldn’t do it. i like the part about sitting down to eat a meal and not skipping the meal time.

I am always shocked that people can juice fast, or juice “feast”, as many raw foodies want to call it…but not me. I have never gone more than 24 hrs without chewing something. And that was plenty! Not for me. I need to chew, I need solid food. I cannot imagine going on a 3, 7, 21 day!! juice fast like I read about.

“But really, I swear the thought of drinking more liquid made me weep.” – Isn’t beer a liquid?!? You didn’t seem to have any problems with the beer, or did you? :) But seriously, I think you did exactly the right thing by listening to your body. I know I couldn’t do a fast. Well, unless it involved beer maybe?

Good for you for giving it a try and for recognizing when it was no longer working for you. You also learned something about yourself in the process, you love food! What’s so bad about that?! I say nothing.

Juice fast shmuice fast. I like to chew my food too. But you did awesome! I think you have to really WANT to do a juice fast to complete a juice fast. And if you don’t want to, if your body is not having it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that!

I just saw Source Code and Jake Gyllenhaal was pretty awesome. He might be worth a weekend of juice :)

hahahahahhahahahaha holy poop. you just made me crack up so hard that my dog (the only man in my life) stared at me disapprovingly. my philosophy is that if you can put it in a blender and it can come out in juice form, then it’s juice. or future-juice, i guess. and scones. always scones. scones are sooooooo juice.

I’m glad you’re not doing the juice fast anymore. I’ve never seen the point of it. The funny thing is, juice really doesn’t clean out your GI/digestive tract because when you juice stuff, you remove ALL of the fiber from the veggies/fruits. Fiber is what “cleans” your intestines and stuff. Just compare the nutrition information for a glass of apple juice vs. one apple!

Also, you were probably hungry because juice raises blood sugar like crazy. You were crashing, then craving!

Basically, everything you felt should have been expected. More power to you in finding a healthy balance! :)

and THAT my dear – is exactly why I adore you! :) You are so honest and REALISTIC! I actually read your post talking about it detox and I was like omg that is totally an awesome idea – but then I thought about it for another 5 minutes and decided I couldn’t hack it! MAJOR KUDOS for trying and EVEN MORE MAJOR KUDOS for trying and breaking the rules and being totally awesome x1,000,000 in admitting it! :)